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Agriculture & Food Security

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October 31, 2024

October 29, 2024

Tempo - October 29, 2024

Vedro Imanuel G, Jakarta – Economist Eliza Mardian from the Center of Reform on Economics (CORE) has criticized the government's food estate project, arguing that it has yet to deliver

October 25, 2024

Tempo - October 25, 2024

Jakarta – An economist from the Universitas Pembangunan Nasional (UPN) Veteran Jakarta, Achmad Nur Hidayat, criticized the Indonesian government's food estate plan that has been conveye

October 24, 2024

Jakarta Globe - October 24, 2024

Herman, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto is preparing to issue a Presidential Regulation (Perpres) to forgive the debts of millions of farmers and fishermen to improve their access

October 23, 2024

Jakarta Globe - October 23, 2024

Theressia Silalahi, Jakarta – Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman is committed to achieving food self-sufficiency, a key goal of President Prabowo Subianto and Vice President Gibra

October 17, 2024

Tempo - October 17, 2024

Han Revanda Putra, Jakarta – Indonesian Ministry of Agriculture (Kementan) explained the data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) regarding the estimate of national rice production

October 14, 2024

Tempo - October 14, 2024

Dewi Elvia Muthiariny, Jakarta – Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman emphasized the great potential of the millennial generation to revolutionize agriculture through innovation.

October 11, 2024

Jakarta Globe - October 11, 2024

Ifan Ahmad, Gowa, South Sulawesi – In an ambitious effort to achieve food self-sufficiency within three years, Agriculture Minister Amran Sulaiman has pledged to increase farmers' incom

October 9, 2024

Jakarta Globe - October 9, 2024

Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Jakarta – President-elect Prabowo Subianto aims for Indonesia to achieve food self-sufficiency within four years of taking office.

October 4, 2024

Jakarta Globe - October 4, 2024

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Titiek Soeharto, the daughter of the late President Soeharto and ex-wife of President-Elect Prabowo Subianto, is now back as a lawmaker.

October 3, 2024

Mongabay - October 3, 2024

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – A study by an Indonesian NGO challenges government claims that oil palm cultivation is a driver of economic welfare and development, showing that the envir

October 2, 2024

Radio Free Asia (RFA) - October 2, 2024

Stephen Wright, Bangkok, Thailand – Indonesia's military is taking a leading role in plans to convert more than 2 million hectares of wetlands and savannah into rice farms and sugarcane

September 25, 2024

Tempo - September 25, 2024

Raden Putri, Avit Hidayat, Jakarta – The Indonesian government is developing a new food estate program in Merauke, South Papua.

September 19, 2024

Jakarta Post - September 19, 2024

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration is holding a three-day festival to promote urban farming as part of an effort to boost local food security.

September 13, 2024

Tempo - September 13, 2024

Han Revanda Putra, Jakarta – State Logistics Agency (Bulog) has announced that it will continue to import rice to support the Free Nutritious Meal program initiated by President-elect P

September 2, 2024

The Conversation - September 2, 2024

Kate Hartcher – With rising consumer concerns for animal welfare worldwide, the poultry industry is starting to let their hens roam around in bigger spaces.

August 30, 2024

Jakarta Globe - August 30, 2024

Fito Akhmad Erlangga, Jakarta – The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has just awarded President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo the Agricola Medal, which recognizes the Indonesian lead

August 28, 2024

Tempo - August 28, 2024

Adil Al Hasan, Riri Rahayu, Jakarta – Indonesia's Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati said the government had coordinated with President-elect Prabowo Subianto about several progr

August 27, 2024

Mongabay - August 27, 2024

Elizabeth Sinclair, Ubud, Indonesia – Inside the small, open-air stone temple in the center of the Lotudunduh rice fields, a farmer wraps a sarong and sash around his mud-spattered work

August 26, 2024

Tempo - August 26, 2024

Annisa Febiola, Jakarta – President-elect Prabowo Subianto said there's no need to worry for Indonesia once it achieves food and energy security.

August 23, 2024

Jakarta Globe - August 23, 2024

Antara, Jakarta – State logistics company Bulog recently reported that it had absorbed 800,000 tons of rice from local farmers so far this year as of Aug. 20.

Jakarta Globe - August 23, 2024

Antara, Yogyakarta 00 The Agriculture Ministry is preparing 1.5 million hectares of land for dairy farming to back President-elect Prabowo Subianto's Free Meal Program, aimed at providi

August 15, 2024

Jakarta Globe - August 15, 2024

Vinnilya Huanggrio, Jakarta – The research firm Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (Indef) recently said that Indonesia's goal of becoming the world's food barn by 2045

Tempo - August 15, 2024

Tempo.Co, Jakarta – Tauhid Ahmad, a senior economist at the Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (Indef), questioned Indonesia's ability to achieve food self-sufficiency i

August 14, 2024

Jakarta Globe - August 14, 2024

Celvin Moniaga Sipahutar, Jakarta – An economist recently said that disrupted food security – a situation in which the population could not access affordable rice – could worsen Indones

August 13, 2024

Jakarta Globe - August 13, 2024

Andrea Arshirena Hosana, Jakarta – Rather than food security, it would be best for Indonesia to focus on finding ways in which it can feed its people without having to rely on imports,

Jakarta Globe - August 13, 2024

Juan Ardya Guardiola, Jakarta – Professor Subejo of Gadjah Mada University (UGM) argues that Indonesia should prioritize maximizing the potential of its 7.4 million hectares of existing

Jakarta Globe - August 13, 2024

Alfida Rizky Febrianna, Jakarta – Agricultural expert Dwi Andreas Santosa recently revealed ways on how Indonesia could achieve food security, citing improving farmers' welfare as one o

August 12, 2024

Jakarta Globe - August 12, 2024

Alfida Rizky Febrianna, Jakarta – Dwi Andreas Santosa, an agricultural expert and Professor at Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), revealed that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's admini

August 7, 2024

August 1, 2024

Tempo - August 1, 2024

Nandito Putra, Jakarta – Rice prices have surged in the past six months.

July 29, 2024

Jakarta Globe - July 29, 2024

Tri Listiyarini, Jakarta – A Vietnamese company has expressed interest in investing in dairy farms in Indonesia, aiming to produce around 2 million tons of milk annually, Agriculture Mi

July 28, 2024

Jakarta Post - July 28, 2024

Tenggara Strategics, Jakarta – The issue of national food security has become increasingly concerning, with skyrocketing food price inflation amid overall low inflation and a rising amo

July 10, 2024

Mongabay - July 10, 2024

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – NGOs working with Indonesian smallholder farmers have developed a set of guidelines aimed at helping oil palm farmers prove that their products are defores

July 8, 2024

Jakarta Globe - July 8, 2024

Djibril Muhammad, Jakarta – The state logistics agency Bulog recently said they would prioritize domestically produced rice despite the planned imports of the staple food.

July 2, 2024

Jakarta Post Editorial - July 2, 2024

Jakarta – Without rice, most Indonesians would agree, a meal feels incomplete.

Jakarta Globe - July 2, 2024

Alfida Rizky Febrianna, Jakarta – The populous Indonesia will likely be self-sufficient in food within the next three years, according to Agricultural Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman.

June 27, 2024

Tempo - June 27, 2024

Jakarta – Aliansi Kolibri, a coalition promoting sustainable agriculture and fighting deforestation in Indonesia, said local involvement in sustainability is important in contrast with

June 26, 2024

UkrAgroConsult - June 26, 2024

Friends of the Earth – Today, Friends of the Earth US, WALHI (Friends of the Earth Indonesia), and Milieudefensie (Friends of the Earth Netherlands) released a new report detailing how

June 17, 2024

Bloomberg News - June 17, 2024

Jakarta – Indonesia's President Joko Widodo plans to speed up the installation of water pumps across the country to protect food crops from the impact of extreme weather.

June 4, 2024

Tempo - June 4, 2024

Ilona Estherina, Jakarta – The government has officially extended the relaxation of the retail price ceiling (HET) for rice.

May 7, 2024

Channel News Asia - May 7, 2024

Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – Rice planting is set to be a new area of cooperation for Indonesia and China, promising better food security for the Southeast Asian state but also possibly tilt

South China Morning Post - May 7, 2024

Indonesia (DPA) – Nyoman Warta laboriously carries seawater in two simple containers to the beach of Kusamba, a coastal village located on the island of Bali, in Indonesia.

May 1, 2024

Jakarta Globe - May 1, 2024

Mita Amalia Hapsari, Jakarta – The government is set to unveil two food warehouses with a capacity of approximately 100 tons each later this year, a senior official said on Tuesday.

April 30, 2024

Macao News - April 30, 2024

The Coffee Association of Timor-Leste (known by its Portuguese initials ACT) is calling for Timorese coffee, particularly a game-changing Robusta-Arabica hybrid, to be added to the UNES

April 16, 2024

Antara News - April 16, 2024

Jakarta – Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman and the South Papua provincial government launched 500 thousand hectares of rice fields in the region to increase agricultural product

April 9, 2024

Fulcrum - April 9, 2024

Manggi Habir and Siwage Dharma Negara – In Indonesia, rice scarcity and sharp food price hikes before Ramadan are a regular occurrence.

April 1, 2024

Reuters - April 1, 2024

Jakarta – It was still pitch-black outside when Sutinah made her way to a local police station early one morning last month, hoping to avoid queues and take advantage of a government sc

March 26, 2024

Jakarta Post - March 26, 2024

Divya Karyza, Jakarta – The emergence of a food-versus-fuel dilemma in Indonesia has added to concern that a push for palm oil-based biodiesel will drive deforestation.

March 25, 2024

Reuters - March 25, 2024

Bernadette Christina, Jakarta – Indonesia's palm oil product exports slipped in January and February, raising concerns less of the edible oil will be available domestically because of t